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The Anastasio surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,721 people carried this name — #16,644 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,609 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Anastasio surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

Inherited from Latin Anastasius, from Ancient Greek Ἀναστάσιος (Anastásios).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Anastasio» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 466 people named Anastasio live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 298
City of Buenos Aires 90
Tucumán 50
Mendoza 16
Santa Fe 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Anastasio.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 29
Bouches-du-Rhône 45
Alpes-Maritimes 6
Essonne 5
Paris 4
Yvelines 3
Haute-Saône 2
Moselle 1
Pyrénées-Orientales 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

59 people named Anastasio live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zug.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zug 14
Aargau 10
Lucerne 10
St. Gallen 9
Zurich 7
Geneva 3
Ticino 3
Vaud 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Anastasio in American newspapers,
1852–1903.

Newspaper page from Le Pionnier De L'assomption carrying the name Anastasio
Le Pionnier De L'assomption 1852-05-06
Newspaper page from Le Pionnier De L'assomption carrying the name Anastasio
Le Pionnier De L'assomption 1852-05-06
Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Anastasio
Arizona Republican 1903-08-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,814 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Anastasio,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pietro Anastasio
    Pietro Anastasio 1859–1913 · artist
  • Filippo Anastasio 1656–1735 · archbishop
  • Giuseppe Anastasio 1819–1883
  • Frances R. Spaeth 1907–2001 · housewife
  • Frances R. Spaeth 1907–2001 · housewife
  • Angelo Anastasio 1914–

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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